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Post by topbilled on Nov 5, 2023 21:13:51 GMT
"This thing has got to be stopped."
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Post by topbilled on Nov 5, 2023 21:15:12 GMT
She's love sick.
And now, she's getting suicidal ideas.
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 5, 2023 21:17:18 GMT
Wilfrid Hyde-White is so perfect as the aloof and polished, yet subtilely disdainful lawyer. He was born to play that type of roll.
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 5, 2023 21:18:34 GMT
"Well brought up women aren't really supposed to smoke."
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Post by topbilled on Nov 5, 2023 21:23:36 GMT
"I don't even want your gratitude. I just want to be left in peace."
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 5, 2023 21:25:26 GMT
"I don't even want your gratitude. I just want to be left in peace."
Brutal speech.
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Post by topbilled on Nov 5, 2023 21:26:07 GMT
Here comes the best scene in the movie.
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 5, 2023 21:27:06 GMT
Here comes the best scene in the movie.
Agreed. Beautifully filmed. Noir like. And what an impressive coat.
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Post by topbilled on Nov 5, 2023 21:28:59 GMT
Claude Rains gets the girl.
Lucky guy.
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 5, 2023 21:29:19 GMT
It took three viewings and reading the book, but I'm beginning to understand Mary better.
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Post by topbilled on Nov 5, 2023 21:30:27 GMT
Though I think the title is meant to suggest the relationship between Todd and Howard...at the film's conclusion, I tend to interpret it as a comment on the rest of Todd's marriage to Rains.
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 5, 2023 21:31:02 GMT
Though I think the title is meant to suggest the relationship between Todd and Howard...at the film's conclusion, I tend to interpret it as a comment on the rest of Todd's marriage to Rains.
I think so.
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Post by topbilled on Nov 5, 2023 21:33:56 GMT
Supposedly THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS only has a 78% rating on Fresh Tomatoes. The direction is universally praised but the overall story is considered to be lacking in substance.
But I actually think this is a three-character study more than it is a specific storyline.
I do like the idea that a troubled wife can ultimately take comfort in her marriage.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Nov 5, 2023 21:36:26 GMT
Though I think the title is meant to suggest the relationship between Todd and Howard...at the film's conclusion, I tend to interpret it as a comment on the rest of Todd's marriage to Rains.
Yes and in view of that I really wanted Mary and Howard to kiss at the end.
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 5, 2023 21:36:43 GMT
Supposedly THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS only has a 78% rating on Fresh Tomatoes. The direction is universally praised but the overall story is considered to be lacking in substance.
But I actually think this is a three-character study more than it is a specific storyline.
I do like the idea that a troubled wife can ultimately take comfort in her marriage. I like that. Mary is the key to the story. She's not a bad person, but she is weak and, counter to every trope in romantic movies, she's unwilling to trade away safety (money and position) for love. It's an incredibly anti-romance / anti-Hollywood movie.
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